Standup Comedy
How to Put on a Successful House Concert, Part 4
Ok, here are my final tips. Need help with any of this? (Believe me. this is the easy part. The part you really need help with is the show itself. Read more…
Standup Comedy
How to Put On a Successful Comedy House Concert: Part 2
Part 1 of this blog introduces the idea of having a house concert for comedy. Here are the nuts and bolts. Here we go. Did you read Part 1?And check Read more…
Comedy
Dave Chappelle’s monologue on SNL
I’m a proud, “out” Jewish American comedian (out as a Jewish person). And I find myself confused after seeing Dave Chappelle’s monologue on Saturday Night Live. I loved the bits Read more…
Standup Comedy
How to Put On a Successful Comedy House Concert: Part 1
Sunday we did a private comedy house concert in a gorgeous home in Malibu. It was at a newly rebuilt home of some friends whose place burned down in the Read more…
Creativity
Go ahead and quit, dear writer.
Do you have a book or a show or a standup set or a screenplay you’ve always wanted to write? And you’re not writing it? Well, I suggest you give it up. Read more…
Creativity
Giving Yourself Permission to Create.
No one gave me permission to be a comedian. Few people encouraged it. as a career. And I while I had a spark, I wasn’t really that funny. At first. But I Read more…
Comedy
Your Life is a Joke.
Your Life is a Joke. Allow me to elaborate. Have you noticed some people are always doing one thing so they can get to that next thing? Not necessarily cause Read more…
Solo Performance & Storytelling
Fantasizing about Day Jobs, Raising the Stakes, and Alchemy
Last night, I had a fancy consult with a big time storytelling guru about my TV pilot. It’s (very) loosely based on my life, and so with me as the Read more…
Spirituality
Oh, the Sacrilege of Non-Dual Storytelling!
Stories are beautiful. Stories are interesting. Stories are entertaining. And for a long time, stories\ have been my whole world. As a comedian, as an actor, as a writer and Read more…